DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard has requested a parliamentary debate on the scourge of farm attacks and murders across the country.

On why farm murders should be declared hate crimes, Kohler Barnard said it was not only the attacks, but also about those, on social media and other platforms, calling for more farmers to be killed.

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The DA will again ask SAPS to recategorise rural attacks as priority crimes.

Kohler Barnard said farm attacks and farm murders should be treated as a separate crime category, which requires a particular solution.

There should be a dedicated strategy for farm attacks and farm murders that target the criminal groups responsible – similar to the way in which the trio crimes [house robbery, business robbery and carjacking] are managed.